Awarded: April 1965
Blazon: Issuant from Water barry wavy in base proper a Key wards upwards and to the dexter Or
Link: The key and fountain representing water suggest the unit’s function of guarding the gateway to the Mediterranean. The key is also symbolic of the unit’s location as it is part of the Arms of Gibraltar. DoI: April 1956 to North Front. Although the station name changed to ‘Gibraltar’ in 1967, there is no official record of it having been granted a Close Copy of the badge although its use has been accepted.
Motto: Guard the gateway
History: Opened originally as an emergency airfield for the RNAS in September 1939 and became RAF Station North Front in 1942. It subsequently changed its name to ‘Gibraltar’ in January 1967and remains current
Sponsored by Just Wood and dedicated to all who served at RAF Station Gibraltar